I'm seeing some oddity with the latest fedora development kernel and a usbserial device.
2.6.20-1.2949.fc7 #1 SMP Mon Feb 26 18:33:03 EST 2007 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux Its a evdo device. Doing: modprobe usbserial vendor=0x413c product=0x8128 debug=1 gets: drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: Had to override the open usb serial operation with the generic one. drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: Had to override the write usb serial operation with the generic one. drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: Had to override the close usb serial operation with the generic one. drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: Had to override the write_room usb serial operation with the generic one. drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: Had to override the chars_in_buffer usb serial operation with the generic one. drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: Had to override the read_bulk_callback usb serial operation with the generic one. drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: Had to override the write_bulk_callback usb serial operation with the generic one. drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial support registered for generic drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: static descriptor matches drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: found interrupt in on endpoint 0 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: found bulk in on endpoint 1 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: found bulk out on endpoint 2 usbserial_generic 1-2.2:1.0: generic converter detected drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: usb_serial_probe - setting up 1 port structures for this device drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: the device claims to support interrupt in transfers, but read_int_callback is not defined drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: get_free_serial 1 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: get_free_serial - minor base = 0 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: usb_serial_probe - registering ttyUSB255 Attempt to register invalid tty line number (255). usb 1-2.2: generic converter now attached to ttyUSB255 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: static descriptor matches drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: found bulk in on endpoint 0 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: found bulk out on endpoint 1 usbserial_generic 1-2.2:1.1: generic converter detected drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: usb_serial_probe - setting up 1 port structures for this device drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: get_free_serial 1 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: get_free_serial - minor base = 1 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: usb_serial_probe - registering ttyUSB255 usb-serial ttyUSB255: Error registering port device, continuing usbcore: registered new interface driver usbserial_generic drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: USB Serial Driver core usbcore: deregistering interface driver usbserial_generic drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: usb_serial_disconnect drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: destroy_serial - generic drivers/usb/serial/generic.c: usb_serial_generic_shutdown drivers/usb/serial/generic.c: generic_cleanup - port 255 drivers/usb/serial/usb-serial.c: return_serial On a updated fc6 kernel it works fine and gives me a ttyUSB0, ttyUSB1. Trying to rmmod the module gets: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at 0000000000000048 RIP: [<ffffffff80466693>] klist_del+0x16/0x50 PGD 626f0067 PUD 601bc067 PMD 0 Oops: 0000 [1] SMP last sysfs file: /class/net/eth0/carrier CPU 1 Modules linked in: usbserial kvm_intel kvm i915 drm autofs4 hidp rfcomm l2cap sunrpc nf_conntrack_netbios_ns ipt_REJECT nf_conntrack_ipv4 xt_state nf_conntrack nfnetlink xt_tcpudp iptable_filter ip_tables x_tables acpi_cpufreq dm_multipath video sbs i2c_ec button bay dock battery asus_acpi ac ipv6 parport_pc lp parport aes cbc blkcipher sha256 dm_crypt snd_hda_intel snd_hda_codec snd_seq_dummy hci_usb bluetooth snd_seq_oss snd_seq_midi_event rtc_cmos fw_ohci snd_seq tg3 rtc_core fw_core serio_raw snd_seq_device rtc_lib snd_pcm_oss iTCO_wdt iTCO_vendor_support snd_mixer_oss snd_pcm snd_timer snd soundcore shpchp i2c_i801 snd_page_alloc i2c_core sr_mod cdrom sg joydev dm_snapshot dm_zero dm_mirror dm_mod ata_piix ata_generic libata sd_mod scsi_mod ext3 jbd mbcache ehci_hcd ohci_hcd uhci_hcd Pid: 3256, comm: rmmod Not tainted 2.6.20-1.2949.fc7 #1 RIP: 0010:[<ffffffff80466693>] [<ffffffff80466693>] klist_del+0x16/0x50 RSP: 0018:ffff8100606d1c88 EFLAGS: 00010296 RAX: ffff8100760cf2b8 RBX: 0000000000000000 RCX: 0000000000000001 RDX: ffff81004f4c6778 RSI: 0000000000000001 RDI: 0000000000000000 RBP: ffff8100606d1ca8 R08: 000000000000022a R09: 0000000000000001 R10: ffffffff884479d2 R11: 0000003000000018 R12: ffff8100760cf4a8 R13: ffff81004f4c6768 R14: ffff81007e386710 R15: ffff81007e386710 FS: 00002aaaab0136f0(0000) GS:ffff810003f5fcc0(0000) knlGS:0000000000000000 CS: 0010 DS: 0000 ES: 0000 CR0: 000000008005003b CR2: 0000000000000048 CR3: 000000005e918000 CR4: 00000000000026e0 Process rmmod (pid: 3256, threadinfo ffff8100606d0000, task ffff810065365080) Stack: 0000000000000001 ffff8100760cf458 ffff8100760cf458 ffff81004f4c6768 ffff8100606d1cd8 ffffffff803b7d60 ffff8100760cf458 ffff81004f4c6768 ffff81004f4c6768 0000000000000000 ffff8100606d1cf8 ffffffff803b7f6f Call Trace: [<ffffffff803b7d60>] device_del+0x23/0x221 [<ffffffff803b7f6f>] device_unregister+0x11/0x1e [<ffffffff88447d83>] :usbserial:destroy_serial+0x9a/0xf7 [<ffffffff88447ce9>] :usbserial:destroy_serial+0x0/0xf7 [<ffffffff80235ce2>] kref_put+0x71/0x7d [<ffffffff88447b4a>] :usbserial:usb_serial_put+0x14/0x16 [<ffffffff88447be1>] :usbserial:usb_serial_disconnect+0x95/0xc1 [<ffffffff803d3dc2>] usb_unbind_interface+0x47/0x87 [<ffffffff803ba2a3>] __device_release_driver+0x93/0xb3 [<ffffffff803ba8a4>] driver_detach+0xdb/0x11d [<ffffffff803b9dc1>] bus_remove_driver+0x75/0x98 [<ffffffff803ba921>] driver_unregister+0x15/0x21 [<ffffffff803d3746>] usb_deregister+0x9a/0xa8 [<ffffffff884499c3>] :usbserial:usb_serial_generic_deregister+0x10/0x1e [<ffffffff8844a2dd>] :usbserial:usb_serial_exit+0x9/0x3b [<ffffffff802aa22d>] delete_module+0x15a/0x188 [<ffffffff802aa2af>] sys_delete_module+0x54/0x65 [<ffffffff802636ff>] trace_hardirqs_on_thunk+0x35/0x37 [<ffffffff80222902>] __up_read+0x1a/0x83 [<ffffffff8025c11e>] system_call+0x7e/0x83 Code: 4c 8b 6b 48 e8 ac d5 df ff 4c 89 e7 e8 39 ff ff ff 85 c0 74 RIP [<ffffffff80466693>] klist_del+0x16/0x50 RSP <ffff8100606d1c88> CR2: 0000000000000048 lsusb -v on the device: Bus 001 Device 005: ID 413c:8128 Dell Computer Corp. Device Descriptor: bLength 18 bDescriptorType 1 bcdUSB 1.10 bDeviceClass 0 (Defined at Interface level) bDeviceSubClass 0 bDeviceProtocol 0 bMaxPacketSize0 64 idVendor 0x413c Dell Computer Corp. idProduct 0x8128 bcdDevice 0.00 iManufacturer 1 Novatel Wireless Inc. iProduct 2 Novatel Wireless EXPD CDMA iSerial 0 bNumConfigurations 1 Configuration Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 2 wTotalLength 62 bNumInterfaces 2 bConfigurationValue 1 iConfiguration 0 bmAttributes 0xa0 Remote Wakeup MaxPower 100mA Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 0 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 3 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 3 Data Interface Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x81 EP 1 IN bmAttributes 3 Transfer Type Interrupt Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 128 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x82 EP 2 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x02 EP 2 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Interface Descriptor: bLength 9 bDescriptorType 4 bInterfaceNumber 1 bAlternateSetting 0 bNumEndpoints 2 bInterfaceClass 255 Vendor Specific Class bInterfaceSubClass 255 Vendor Specific Subclass bInterfaceProtocol 255 Vendor Specific Protocol iInterface 3 Data Interface Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x84 EP 4 IN bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Endpoint Descriptor: bLength 7 bDescriptorType 5 bEndpointAddress 0x04 EP 4 OUT bmAttributes 2 Transfer Type Bulk Synch Type None Usage Type Data wMaxPacketSize 0x0040 1x 64 bytes bInterval 0 Happy to provide more info, or file a bug in the fedora bugzilla if it looks like thats a good idea. kevin
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